My world has come crashing down...

So I pride myself on my good use of grammar (yes I did spell that wrong when I typed it the first time...grammer) and spelling skills, but today my perfect little world of speech came crashing down around me. I was talking to the Duke and I said a song was "folky." Fohl-Key. He immediately began mocking me, saying "Fohl-Key? Is that what you said?" I had no idea why he was making fun of me. He proceeded to inform me that it is pronounced "fohk." There is a silent "L" in the word "Folk!!!" How could I not know that?! I also spelled the word "What" wrong today on a test at school. I started the word with an "h" then turned that into a "W" and then finished the word with a "aht." I fear I may be slowly becoming retarded.